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5 Days (Five Days)(Country: Israel; Director: Yoav Shamir; Writer: Yoav Shamir)
On August 15, 2005, Israel began to evacuate 8,000 Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip. In a unilateral move by the Israeli government, they were removed from their homes to make way for 250,000 Palestinians. With exclusive access to the Israeli Defense Forces and the General in charge, seven film crews imultaneously follow key characters during this historic five-day event.
North American Premiere. Full Review
Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet(Country: Switzerland; Director: Luc Schaedler; Writer: Luc Schaedler; Cast: Thomas Sarbacher, Loten Namling, Phil Hayes)
A portrait of the rebellious Tibetan monk Gendun Choephel, this film reveals a face of old & present-day Tibet that runs against popular clichés. North American Premiere.
Black Gold(Country: UK, US; Director: Marc Francis, Nick Francis; Writer: Lisa Ko, Eric Martin; Cast: Terrence Howard)
A cinematic journey that uncovers the world of coffee and trade from the struggling Ethiopian bean grower to your coffee cup.
World Premiere. Full Review
By the Ways: A Journey with William Eggleston(Country: France; Director: Vincent Gérard, Cédric Laty; Cast: David Byrne, Ayden Clay, Maud Schuyler Clay, Andra Eggleston, William J Eggleston, Winston Eggleston, Tav Falco, Robert Gordon, Dennis Hopper, Vernon Richards, Rosalind Solomon)
A journey through the southern United States home of William Eggleston considered "the father of color photography." Eggleston’s persistent silence defies each truth revealed about his character. North American Premiere.
Dear Pyongyang(Country: Japan; Director: Yang Yong-hi)
Japanese daughter explores her father’s fierce political loyalty to North Korea - costly to the point of breaking up his family. North American Premiere.
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De Nadie(Country: Mexico; Director: Tin Dirdamal; Writer: Lizzette Arguello, Iliana Martínez)
The story of Maria, a Central American immigrant forced to leave her family in search of a better life. On her way to the United States, she crosses Mexico where she encounters a nightmare. US Premiere.
The Giant Buddhas(Country: Switzerland; Director: Christian Frei; Cast: Taysir Alony, Sayeed Mirza Hussain, Nelofer Pazira, Zémaryalaï Tarzi, Xuanzang)
A film about the destruction of the famous Buddha statues in Afghanistan. An essay on fanaticism and faith, terror and tolerance, ignorance and identity. US Premiere.
Glastonbury(Country: US; Director: Julien Temple; Cast: Björk, David Bowie, Billy Bragg, James Brown, Nick Cave, Michael Eavis, Steven Patrick Morrissey, Joe Strummer)
A staggering range of music presented at England’s annual Glastonbury Festival, captures the spirit of important social changes over the last 30 years. World Premiere.
I For India(Country: UK; Director: Sandhya Suri; Cast: Yash Pal Suri)
A tale of migration and belonging, told primarily through Super 8 films and audio letters sent between India and England over a period of 40 years. World Premiere.
In The Pit (En El Hoyo)(Country: Mexico; Director: Juan Carlos Rulfo; Writer: Juan Carlos Rulfo; Cast: Salvador Enriquez Castillo, Sofia García López, José Guadalupe Calzada, Isabel Dolores Hernández, Alejandro Moten, Pedro Sánchez Bernal, Natividad Sánchez Montes, Isahín Octaviano Simón, Vicencio Martínez Vázquez, Agustín Zárate Centeno,)
According to Mexican legend, whenever a bridge is built the devil asks for one soul, in exchange for keeping the bridge standing. This film chronicles the daily lives of the workers building a second deck to Mexico City’s Periférico freeway - their hopes, dreams and struggle for survival. World Premiere.
Into Great Silence (Die Grosse Stille)(Country: France/Switzerland/Germany; Director: Philip Gröning; Writer: Philip Gröning)
The first film ever to examine life inside the Grande Chartreuse, the mother house of the legendary Carthusian Order. An austere, next to silent meditation on monastic life in a very pure form.
US Premiere. Full Review
The Short Life Of José Antonio Gutierrez (Das Kurze Leben Des José Antonio Gutierrez )(Country: Germany; Director: Heidi Specogna)
Behind the heroic tale of the first US soldier to die in the war in Iraq, there unfolds the story of a Guatemalan street child drawn into war by the promise of a green card in a foreign country. World Premiere.
Songbirds(Country: UK; Director: Brian Hill; Writer: Simon Armitage; Cast: inmates of Downview Prison)
Downview Prison in England is host to 250 women who have committed crimes ranging from drug trafficking to manslaughter, but these women are also mothers and caretakers. In a musical set in the prison, the women sing about their lives and the crimes that led to their imprisonment.
North American Premiere. Full Review
Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives Of Florence Broadhurst(Country: Australia; Director: Gillian Armstrong; Writer: Katherine Thomson; Cast: Judi Farr, Felicity Price, Hannah Garbo, Robert Lloyd-Lewis, Phyllis Nicholson, Ted Bettiens, Les Jensen, Mary Shield, June Gollan, Robyn Miller, Leith Myerson)
Flamboyant design pioneer Florence Broadhurst lived a colorful life, but it is only now that her time has truly come, with her bold, exotic wallpaper prints in huge demand internationally. World Premiere.
Viva Zapatero!(Country: Italy; Director: Sabina Guzzanti; Writer: Sabina Guzzanti)
A critical and playful look at censorship in Italy under Berlusconi contrasted with other European nations.
North American Premiere. Full Review
